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Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Globalization
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Phone: +1-603-646-2939
E-mail: matthew.j.slaughter@tuck.dartmouth.edu
Location:
Hanover, NH
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Associate dean and professor of international economics at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and former member of the Council of Economic Advisers. Coauthor of the recent Council Special Report, Global FDI Policy.
Expertise:The economics and politics of globalization, multinational firms and capital markets, immigration, technological innovation, and the causes and consequences of the globalization backlash.
Experience:Associate Dean and Professor of International Economics, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College (2002–Present); Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (2002–Present); Member, Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, National Bureau of Economic Research (2006–Present); Board of Academic Advisors, International Tax Policy Forum (2005–Present); Board of Academic Advisors, Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship (2005-Present); Member, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President (2005–2007); Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College (1994-2002);Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (1995-2002); Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations (2000-2005); Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Economics (1997–Present); Panel Member, National Academy of Sciences (2004-2005); Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Board (1998, 2002);Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund (1996-1997); Consultant, World Bank (1995-1997, 2000, 2002); Board of Economists, Time Magazine (2004);Consultant to individual and groups of multinational firms (various).
Languages:French (familiar)
Selected Publications:"Public Finance and Individual Preferences Over Globalization Strategies," with Gordon H. Hanson and Kenneth F. Scheve, Economics and Politics, 19(1), 2007;"Vertical Production Networks in Multinational Firms," with Gordon H. Hanson and Raymond J. Mataloni, Jr., Review of Economics and Statistics, 87(4), 2005; "Economic Insecurity and the Globalization of Production," with Kenneth F. Scheve, American Journal of Political Science, 48 (4), 2004. Globalization and the Perceptions of American Workers, with Kenneth F. Scheve, Washington , DC: Institute for International Economics, 2001.
Current Research Project
Past Research Project
June 26, 2008
Op-Ed
Financial Times
As emerging economies in Middle East and Asia become bigger foreign investors they are facing a new protectionist trend in many countries across the globe, write David Marchick and Matthew Slaughter.
See more in Emerging Markets, International Finance
June 26, 2008
Transcript
See more in United States, Economics, Economic Development, Industrial Policy
June 2008
Council Special Report No. 34
Council Special Report
In the past three years, many countries have adopted or expanded regimes to review inward foreign direct investment (FDI) for either national or economic security purposes, reducing the quantity and quality of global FDI flows. The policy recommendations in this report aim to correct this protectionist drift by proposing guidelines for how countries can better regulate FDI yet still reap its economic benefits.
See more in United States, International Finance
April 2, 2008
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Matthew J. Slaughter argues that our immigration policy keeps out many of the world’s best workers, and as a result threatens America’s competitiveness. The solution? Eliminate the cap on H1-B visas.
See more in United States, Immigration
March 27, 2008
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Ford Motor Company recently announced it will sell its Jaguar and Land Rover divisions to India's Tata Group. In this Wall Street Journal op-ed Matthew Slaughter argues that such foreign direct investment has long been a source of strength for the American economy. American policy makers should strive to make the U.S. a premier location for the dynamic, high-productivity activities of globally engaged companies—both insourcing companies and U.S. multinationals alike.
See more in United States, India, Economic Development, Technology Transfer
September 26, 2007
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Many are viewing the UAW-GM strike as Exhibit A for how globalization damages America . Matthew Slaughter argues that America ’s automobile industry is a prime example of the aggregate gains generated by the dynamic and interrelated forces of trade, investment and technological change. He questions how the presidential contenders will craft an American economic policy that both allows greater globalization and also spreads its gains as widely as possible.
See more in United States, Labor, U.S. Election 2008
July 17, 2007
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
The Information Technology Agreement signed in 1996 played a significant role in the doubling of productivity growth over the past decade. To maintain this rate of income growth, further liberalization is needed.
See more in Business & Foreign Policy, Trade, Technology and Foreign Policy
July/August 2007
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Globalization has brought huge overall benefits, but earnings for most U.S. workers -- even those with college degrees -- have been falling recently; inequality is greater now than at any other time in the last 70 years. Whatever the cause, the result has been a surge in protectionism. To save globalization, policymakers must spread its gains more widely. The best way to do that is by redistributing income.
See more in Geoeconomics
May 22, 2007
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Matthew Slaughter argues that China's exchange rate policy has no long-run effect on real economic outcomes such as output and trade flows.
See more in China, International Finance
April 25, 2007
Transcript
In this special edition of the World Economic Update, the panelists consider some of the broader global economic trends such as the impact on jobs and wages, the changing role of China in the world economy, and the backlash against globalization.
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April 24, 2007
Video
Watch experts discuss broader global economic trends, such as the global labor market, China's changing role in the world economy, and the backlash against globalization, in this special edition of the Council's signature World Economic Update Series.
See more in China, Economics, Labor
April 24, 2007
Audio
Listen to experts discuss broader global economic trends, such as the global labor market, China's changing role in the world economy, and the backlash against globalization, in this special edition of the Council's signature World Economic Update Series.
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